"Grandma, please let us go..."
The three men glared at each other, gritted their teeth, and knelt down in front of Wen Nan.
Wen Nan was full of questions.
A chorus of voices rose from below.
"Grandma, please let us go."
Wen Nan's innocent gaze fell on Lu Yanqing. "Husband, these people... knelt down on their own. I didn't force them."
Wen Nan immediately looked at Lu Yanqing and began to explain.
She was afraid that Lu Yanqing would doubt her gentleness and virtue.
Lu Yanqing nodded in agreement.
"Why did you come?" Wen Nan raised an eyebrow slightly.
"Because today a woman came to me and gave my two brothers fifty coins, asking us to fill in this pond under the cover of night," Mo Laoda explained honestly.
Wen Nan hired many people and spent several days digging out the hole. How could Boss Mo possibly fill it in one night?
"It's so big, can you finish it in one night?" Wen Nan tilted his head slightly.
"That man said that as long as the pond is destroyed, it doesn't matter whether it's filled in or not," Mo Laosan explained from the side.
"We're just doing this for money, Miss, you've offended someone..." Boss Mo began to explain to himself.
"So who is that person?" Wen Nan raised an eyebrow slightly.
Old Master Mo said, "That person was wearing a veil, so we couldn't see her face clearly. We only knew she was a woman, dressed in coarse linen clothes..."
Boss Mo couldn't figure it out. They only did things for money, and besides, it was just filling in a pond.
It's not like it's murder or arson, so Boss Mo certainly wouldn't ask so many questions.
"Alright, restore this place to its original state now." Wen Nan didn't ask any further questions.
Mo Laoda and his two companions restored the damaged pond to its original state.
Wen Nan told Boss Mo to have the three of them come and work for her.
Each person receives one tael of silver per month.
Boss Mo was very tempted and immediately agreed.
There were only three of them; even if they went to rob someone, they could only scare women and children.
When there were too many people, they dared not go.
Without this livelihood, the three of them were essentially living a life of hardship, sleeping outdoors and exposed to the elements.
Hearing the high salary offered by Wen Nan, the three of them were very tempted.
He agreed immediately.
Wen Nan told them to come to work tomorrow and that their wages would start being calculated from tomorrow.
Boss Mo happily agreed.
The next morning, Mo and his two companions arrived.
Wen Nan directed the three men to dig a small canal with shovels, as Lianhua Village is mostly covered by river bends.
Wen Nan then braided a dense network of wires and buried them in the soil.
Once the water comes in, the area below will be completely covered, making it impossible for anyone to see it or remove the wire.
The canal was opened, and water was poured in.
Wen Nan told Mo Laoda and the other two to go back and rest.
It was still early, so Wen Nan went to the streets of the city.
Wen Nan found a street with many shops and asked about the rent at each one. The shops were small, but the rent was outrageously expensive.
There's not enough room to fit many tables inside.
After much deliberation, Wen Nan decided to rent a small stall outside and set it up there.
Cheap!
Wen Nan took the last of his silver coins and went to the shop.
Sure enough, there was a restaurant in the bustling city center, advertising its space in front of them.
Wen Nan went over to inquire.
The owner runs a teahouse, which is also the venue for storytelling.
The entrance is large enough for Wen Nan to set up several tables there.
She doesn't want to open a restaurant... she wants to attract people to join her and form a partnership.
Running a restaurant is too tiring.
But she needs to promote the crayfish first. Otherwise, who would want that big worm?
The tavern owner, Boss Ling, came out with a smile. Boss Ling was an honest man.
After discussing it with Wen Nan, they offered a suitable rent.
There was only one shopfront outside, and Wen Nan had to procure everything himself.
The rent is five taels of silver per month.
Wen Nan readily agreed.
When it's time to make a decision.
Suddenly, a woman in pink walked out of the teahouse, accompanied by several maids and other women dressed just as elegantly as her.
"Tsk tsk tsk, isn't this Miss Wen?" A woman next to her was wearing a rose-red dress adorned with pink peach blossoms, and her jet-black hair was adorned with several pearl hairpins.
She clutched the white handkerchief in her hand, covered her lips in a pretentious manner, and smiled faintly.
Who else could it be?
warmth.
Wen Nuan was accompanied by several brightly colored women, all of whom were her close friends.
A while ago, Wen Nuan was dragged around by a horse on the street and ran around several times.
These close girlfriends all looked down on Wen Nuan.
Warmth was conveyed to every household, which finally restored the sisterly bond.
Wen Nuan doesn't necessarily want to be with these sisters; the main reason is... she is, after all, a young lady from the Wen family of Jiangnan.
She naturally needed to associate with these rich young ladies to highlight her status.
Otherwise, besides these rich young ladies, who else could she hang out with? She was the daughter of the Wen family, the wealthiest merchant family in Jiangnan.
Who is qualified to hang out with her?
However, in the eyes of others, Wen Nuan, who thought herself to be of noble status, was nothing more than a lowly concubine's daughter.
She cannot compare to a legitimate daughter of the principal wife.
Wen Nuan looked at Wen Nan with a smile.
"Sisters probably don't recognize each other, this is my eldest sister." Wen Nuan chuckled, her gaze falling on Wen Nan in front of her.
Wen Nan was out on business, dressed in plain white clothes, with a silver hibiscus hairpin given to her by Lu Yanqing on her head.
The woman's face was unadorned, with a high, straight nose and large, bright eyes that were enough to make the women around her seem ordinary.
Those eyes are so expressive that they draw your attention to Wen Nan.
Surrounded by women, I immediately felt jealous.
"Oh, so it's that young lady." A woman standing nearby said in a sarcastic tone.
Seeing that someone was echoing her, Wen Nuan became even more enthusiastic.
"I almost forgot to mention, she's no longer my eldest sister, nor is she the eldest daughter of the Wen family. She was kicked out a long time ago."
“Now…” Wen Nuan looked Wen Nan up and down at the clothes he was wearing, and let out a cold snort.
“A village girl.” Wen Nuan said this, her lips slightly upturned and her red lips slightly protruding.
His face was full of mockery.
Wen Nan made her lose such a huge embarrassment.
She would never let Wen Nan off so easily!
The women around them burst into laughter.
"So this is the one who got kicked out."
"I heard... things aren't going too well for Wen Nuan these days." The other young ladies chimed in, belittling Wen Nuan.
Wen Nan frowned, but she ignored her completely.
She hadn't forgotten her main task.
She's here to take over the shop.
Wen Nan picked up the paper in front of him and handed it to Boss Ling.
Boss Ling hesitated.
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